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Why Roelf Vos built the Swiss-styled town of Grindelwald on a hill in northern Tasmania

Back in 1980, self-made Dutch businessman Roelf Vos embarked on a very personal building project — to recreate a Swiss village in northern Tasmania. Four decades on, this unique town is still attracting visitors from around the world.

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Bulk-billing doctors nowhere to be found, with this Tasmanian mum finding it's cheaper to fly interstate

It sounds bonkers, but for Tasmanian mum Bec Haight, it's cheaper for her to fly her family to Melbourne than to be seen by a doctor in her home city.

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Man dies, another injured, after excavator rolls at railway worksite in Tasmania

A Victorian man dies and another suffers injuries after an excavator rolled at a railway worksite in northern Tasmania.

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Mask mandates back on the agenda as Tasmanian COVID-19 hospitalisations spike

While Tasmania's COVID-19 health emergency declaration officially ended on June 30, a recent spike in hospitalisations and deaths has left some considering whether mask mandates should return.

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Get Ready To Freeze ‘Cos A Polar Frost Is Coming To Make It Colder Than A Penguin’s Asscheek

It's noot looking good.

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New telescope mount helps Tasmanian observatory prevent 'catastrophic' collisions in space

For scientists trying to keep track of over 400,000 objects, including satellites, discarded rocket bodies and other junk flying around above the earth — the job just got a little easier.

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More chilly temps forecast after low snow

No fresh snow has been forecast for Tasmania this week, but what is there will take days to melt, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

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Hadley's Orient Hotel's history comes to life with polar explorer, fake lord, and Tasmania's first ice cream

Visitors journey through the hotel's history from the 1800s, with stories ranging from a Norwegian polar explorer who was almost refused a room, a fake lord, and the first glimpse of a motor car for many Tasmanians.

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Tasmanian tradie makes miniature replica mountain huts at home 'rather than watching telly'

This Tassie tradie's fascination with colonial high country life has resulted in a collection of immaculately constructed replica huts.

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Royal Hobart Hospital nurses threaten strike action amid mounting COVID-19 pressures

Nurses at Tasmania's biggest public hospital are threatening strike action as COVID pushes the facility to its highest escalation level and the state records its highest ever daily death toll from the virus.

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Polar blast: Tasmania blanketed in snow as cold snap hits south-east Australia

Sub-zero temperatures expected to remain for rest of the week, with severe frosts hitting parts of Victoria

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Snow falls 'nearly to sea level' at Hobart as Tasmania braces for further chilly nights

Snow settles in some of Hobart's suburbs, reaching down as low as 150 metres, with more chilly nights on the way for the state.

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Calls for probe into Tasmanian political grants, amid revelation club where Liberal family member is treasurer wins $50k

A Tasmanian Liberal candidate, now the state's Sports Minister, secured $50,000 for a club branch where a family member was treasurer of. Now, an ICAC lawyer says the method used to hand out grants has "got to stop".

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‘The David Attenborough of humans’: Miriam Margolyes is back on the road, meeting real Aussies

British-Australian actress Miriam Margolyes is back on the road in new series Australia Unmasked, meeting folks from Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia.

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Christian lobby weighs in ahead of potential Tasmanian ban on conversion practice

Ahead of a potential change in law to ban conversion practice in Tasmania, a petition being pushed by the Christian lobby says the community has been "taken by surprise" by the push to outlaw conversion practices and urges it be reconsidered.

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Shot and left to rot: Tasmania grapples with deer dilemma as invasive pest numbers soar

Environmentalists, farmers and commercial hunters are all calling on the state to end protection of an animal introduced 190 years ago

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‘Inspiring to see’: scientists show how forests of kelp can potentially be brought back to life

Tasmania’s giant kelp has all but vanished, but worldwide restoration efforts provide hope the precious habitats can be rejuvenated

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'Unwise decision' in Tas river drowning

A coroner says a 66-year-old experienced sailor who drowned in Tasmania trying to secure his yacht made an "unwise decision" in severe weather.

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Northern Tasmanian farmers who face losing land call for review of compulsory land acquisition laws

Farmers in Tasmania's north facing the compulsory acquisition of their land say the consultation process is hollow and law changes are needed to make sure forcibly acquiring land is a "last resort".

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Simplot and Tasmanian spud farmers in standoff over rising prices

Farmers have rejected a second price offer made by food manufacturer Simplot for their potato crop this season, saying the extra money put forward is not enough to cover the cost of growing their crops.

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Tas premier 'concerned' over free RATs end

Tasmania's premier says it is not the right time for the federal government to put an end to pandemic leave and free rapid antigen test schemes.

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Tasmanian cultural heritage curator Elspeth Wishart reflects on a fascinating career

Researching convicts and ghosts has taken the museum curator to some of the world's most remote places — but after 40 years, there's still one mystery she desperately hopes can be solved.

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Tasmania tops the list for new COVID-19 cases per capita — but is that really what's going on?

The average number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita in Tasmania is double NSW and the national average. Here's why it might not actually be as alarming as it sounds.

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Virus ramps up pressure on Tas hospitals

The Royal Hobart Hospital is considering reducing elective surgeries as rising coronavirus cases take their toll on beds and staff in Tasmania's wards.

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Hospital wards and aged care homes battling COVID-19 outbreaks as Tasmania records 1,812 new cases

Five hospital wards and more than a dozen aged care homes in Tasmania are battling COVID-19 outbreaks, as infections continue an upward trend in the state.

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